Two brothers were lynched and set on fire in Mexico in a case of mistaken identity.

Rey David Copado Molina, 35, and his 25-year-old brother José Abraham were doing a survey about a tortilla restaurant in Aljapan, Puebla on behalf of Technicos Encuestadores de Campo when a girl mistook them for two men that had tried to kidnap her, reports Periodico Central.

Villagers handed the pair over to the Municipal Police, but when the police failed to immediately refer the two men to the public prosecution service, the townspeople rang the church bells and took to social media to summon more than a thousand people to the police headquarters. The villager overwhelmed officers and took the individuals outside, where they beat them, lynched them and then set them on fire.